CHANGING LIFE DIRECTIONS

Registered charity 1182415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HEAD OFFICE 1 CLEGG'S BUILDINGPARAMOUNT HOUSEUNIT 1 BOLTONBL1 4AN

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, BEING UNDERTAKEN IN BOLTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, ARE AS FOLLOWS:A) TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA, OR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND THEIR CARERS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC MUSIC, WORKSHOPS AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS THAT THE TRUSTEES SHOULD DEEM APPROPRIATE.B) THE RELIEF OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND PEER SUPPORT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bolton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total incoming resources of £84,771 and total resources expended of £56,065, resulting in a net surplus of £28,706 for the year. Free/unrestricted reserves increased from £15,448 to £44,154, with the trustees considering this level required to secure long-term security. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Community Foundation for Lancashire — “About the Community Foundation for Lancashire” (source page)
• Community Fund — “About Community Fund” (source page)
• Small wood trust — “About Small wood trust” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr MORSHEDA PARVIN
• ZAID AHMED WAHID
• Zara Naveed

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Bolton · Lancashire · Rochdale · Salford City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFE CHANGERS CHURCH.

• LIFE CHANGERS CHURCH income £182k
• CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER income £2.8m
• LIFE CHURCH LUTTERWORTH income £41k
• LIFE INTERCHANGE MINISTRIES income £40k
• HELP CHANGE LIVES income £600k
• LIFE CHANGING MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL LTD income £73k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.